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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...often regarded as a sort of medieval social curiosity, on a par with the fortuneteller. In U.S. obstetrical argot, a clumsy delivery is a "midwife's job." This loss of stature was partly deserved. A generation ago, for example, all Moroccan births were handled by the tribal midwife (habla), whose actions were inspired more by superstition than by science. If the newborn Moroccan infant cried too loudly, the habla sliced the child's thorax "to let the bad blood out." About 80% of the noisy infants died...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Second Oldest Profession | 10/17/1960 | See Source »

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